So, New Zealand, our trans-tasman enemies and our much derided motherland are locked into gladiatorial warfare for the next month. England, fresh from a 5-0 Ashes pasting and 20-20 hiding along with New Zealand fresh from their 2nd lowest ODI score in history (and the biggest losing margin ever) take on the Australian team. Why couldn't NZ and England have played first up? Both teams face Aussie before we get to face each other.

On the bright side, Aussie don't have McGrath and at least nobody on the England or New Zealand team has ever [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c3CeAKdDPQ]stooped to this new low[/link].

So - a month of sledging, pain, joy and all round bad-sportsmanship. And that's just in this thread!

And RealMadrid, it's easier to understand if you can see what's going on, rather than just listening / reading. See if this helps any; [link=http://tinyurl.com/y9a8db]Idiot's Guide to Cricket[/link] - it's the "One Day" areas that should be paid the most attention